6 h. ago Democrats want to retake the Senate. Why are they afraid to run against the Maine Senator who upsets both sides?

Susan Collins is the only blue-state Republican senator and Democrats think they can beat her, Eric Garcia writes. But first, they have to find a candidate

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10 h. ago Lauren James double ignites England’s Euro campaign in thrashing of Netherlands

From shambolic to sublime, England, the reigning European champions, brushed off fears of a group stage exit with a thrilling and clinical 4-0 defeat of the Netherlands to put progression firmly in their hands.Woken up by a somewhat humbling 2-1 loss to France on Saturday, a more recognisable England arrived at the 2025 Euros, two goals from Lauren James and one apiece from Georgia Stanway and Ella Toone ensuring a win against Wales on Sunday will be enough for England to book a place in the knockout stage while France and the Netherlands battle it out for the other Group D spot. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Kendrick Lamar & SZA review – a pyrotechnic party of dark and light

Hampden Park, GlasgowHe’s icy, she’s all sunshine – but the rapper and R&B star’s talents prove perfectly complementary in a historic two-handerHe’s icy and controlled, she’s a beam of sunshine. Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National stadium tour has already broken records as the biggest co-headline tour in history, and they’ve still got five months left on the road. This yin-yang spectacle is a rare chance for fans to see the world’s most influential figures in rap and R&B in one night, and to bask in their chemistry as storied collaborators.Their sets weave together over three hours, welcoming us first into Lamar’s incisive (and enjoyably irritable) state-of-the-artform address, filmed austerely in black and white, before blossoming into full colour for SZA’s tactile songwriting about exes, bad habits and heart-leaping, interplanetary hope. The contrast is abrupt but high-energy, and when they overlap for duets, everything changes again: Lamar permits himself a broad grin...

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12 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Evenepoel wins stage five time trial as Pogacar takes yellow jersey – live reaction

Remco Evenepoel justified his red hot favouritism and Tadej Pogacar took the oiverall race lead on a bad day at the office for Jonas VingegaardAn intriguing sub-plot: Still eligible for the best young rider (under-25) category, Remco Evenepoel is the odds-on favourite to win today’s stage but should the Belgian endure a rare bad day at the ITT office, there’s a decent chance Scotland’s very own Oscar Onley could take the white jersey.Riding in only his second Tour de France, the 22-year-old from Perth is a highly commendable seventh overall on General Classification but is only 29 seconds behind Kevin Vauquelin, who is currently in possession of the garment and will have plenty of support as he rides today’s ITT on his home roads of Normandy. It’s a tall order but a big performance from Oscar (and a poor one from Remco) could see the Picnic PostNL rider wrestle the white jersey from the Frenchman’s shoulders. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Scotland's Outdoor Pools: 21 amazing pictures of the glory days of Scottish lidos

Just looking at these pictures makes us want to jump into an outdoor pool.

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13 h. ago Family's tribute to 'lovely' talented footballer, 12, killed in fire in Lewisham

Family's tribute to 'lovely' talented footballer, 12, killed in fire in Lewisham  London Evening Standard

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13 h. ago Lewisham fire: Family pay tribute to 'lovely' talented footballer, 12, who died in flat blaze

Schoolboy Fabian Henry named as victim of fatal fire at home in Orchard Gardens just before midnight on Tuesday

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15 h. ago Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine

Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militariesOn Thursday, congressional Republicans passed Trump’s 1,000-page budget, and the president signed it on Saturday. The rich will get obscenely richer. The poor will be hungrier and sicker, work more precarious, and the planet unrelentingly hotter. The symmetry is elegant: cuts to healthcare and food programs average about $120bn each year over the next decade, while the tax cuts will save households earning more than $500,000 about $120bn a year.Trump got what he wanted. But enriching himself and his wealthy friends at the expense of everyone else has long been his life purpose. It was not until he became president, with the Heritage Foundation’s wonks, the deportation czar Stephen Miller, and six loyal supreme courtiers behind him, that he could reshape the US in his own amoral, racist, violence-intoxicated image. In fact, the latter goal may be dearer to him than the former. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Tour de France 2025: stage five updates from the time trial from Caen – live

Updates from the first time trial of this year’s TourStage-by-stage guide | Mail Barry with your thoughtsAn intriguing sub-plot: Still eligible for the best young rider (under-25) category, Remco Evenepoel is the odds-on favourite to win today’s stage but should the Belgian endure a rare bad day at the ITT office, there’s a decent chance Scotland’s very own Oscar Onley could take the white jersey.Riding in only his second Tour de France, the 22-year-old from Perth is a highly commendable seventh overall on General Classification but is only 29 seconds behind Kevin Vauquelin, who is currently in possession of the garment and will have plenty of support as he rides today’s ITT on his home roads of Normandy. It’s a tall order but a big performance from Oscar (and a poor one from Remco) could see the Picnic PostNL rider wrestle the white jersey from the Frenchman’s shoulders. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Southport killer’s brother will not be able to see parts of inquiry – chairman

Dion Rudakubana has been recognised as a ‘core participant’ for the Southport Public Inquiry.

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16 h. ago 'Stunning' UK beach is a hidden gem surrounded by lush greenery and sand dunes

Highcliffe Beach is a stunning Blue Flag beach which is the perfect spot for a day out or a summer break away from the crowds, with plenty of greenery and sand dunes

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16 h. ago Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh says alcohol left her with ‘crippling’ anxiety

The TV personality recognised that sometimes “wellness on its own is not enough”

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17 h. ago Amanda Holden makes 'lucky' admission as she's spotted at Wimbledon with model daughter

The Britain's Got Talent judge and Heart radio host was among the famous faces who descended on SW19 to watch the tennis action

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18 h. ago Something stinks in Philadelphia – and it’s not just the uncollected garbage | Arwa Mahdawi

The city won’t give its sanitation workers the rise they are asking for. But there’s no shortage of money for the police or mayor Cherelle Parker and her inner circleIf nobody stopped me, I could talk about urban sanitation for hours on end. Unfortunately, somebody (normally my wife) always stops me – usually in the first minute or two. It seems few people share my pathological fixation with littering and ways to optimise waste management.Until recently, that is. Now every single resident of Philadelphia, my home town, is talking trash. Almost 10,000 city workers, members of the city’s largest blue-collar union, have been on strike since last Tuesday, affecting everything from libraries to public swimming pools. But the most visible signs of the strike are the huge piles of trash that are accumulating (nicknamed “Parker Piles” after mayor Cherelle Parker) because there is no garbage pickup. Did I mention it’s boiling hot? You can imagine the situation. The rats are in heaven; I am i...

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18 h. ago Rangers 'monitor' 23 y/o international deemed 'prodigious talent' as bid rejected for winger

Rangers are continuing to be active in the transfer window and have been linked with a talented young winger

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19 h. ago 'My boobs turned blue for three years after I was diagnosed with cancer'

WARNING: This story contains images that some people may find upsetting

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21 h. ago 17 awful performances by great actors, from Tom Hanks to Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Tom Hardy feature on this list by Louis Chilton, of brilliant acting talents who at one point in their careers bit off more than they could chew...

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24 h. ago Building the Band review – Liam Payne’s controversial final show is the kind of reality TV that made him

Is it ghoulish to posthumously release this singing contest featuring Payne as a judge? Or a moving tribute? Netflix’s mashup of Love is Blind, The Circle and The Voice certainly claims the latterNetflix’s new series is the latest in a long line of TV shows attempting to talent-spot the next big pop phenomenon. It feels as if the format has been dormant for a while, its role as A&R taken over by social media aeons ago. The glory days of American Idol and The X Factor have passed, and while The Voice trundles steadily on, it has been many years since those on-screen machines churned out the stars they were once capable of creating.Building the Band aims to modernise the format by bolting on parts of other reality TV shows. Its wannabe singers perform to other singers, sight-unseen, who then decide whether they’d like to be in a band with each other, by pressing a button, and collecting “likes”. It is Love Is Blind meets The Circle meets The Voice, though mostly, it is The Voice, ...

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24 h. ago Tiny European island less than 4 hours from the UK boasts 300 days of sunshine

A gorgeous island in Europe is less than four hours' flight from the UK and has everything you could want for a brilliant getaway including Blue flag beaches and three UNESCO world heritage sites

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31 h. ago 'Our world fell apart overnight when we woke up to find daughter stiff and blue'

The devastated parents of a 'loving and very cheeky' baby have spoken of the moment their 'world fell apart' when she tragically died unexpectedly in her sleep

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